07 October 2010

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Surprise starter Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 shots in his NHL debut, Danny Briere and Blair Betts scored the first two goals, and the Flyers spoiled the Pittsburgh Penguins ' debut game in their new arena by winning 3-2 on Thursday night.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees stumbled through September and landed in the AL wild-card spot.

As the Minnesota Twins can attest, the Yankees are hardly an underdog in October.

Pushing the home-field advantage back in Minnesota's face, Pettitte turned in a vintage postseason performance with seven smooth innings and Lance Berkman had two big hits for New York in a 5-2 victory over the Twins on Thursday evening for a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five division series.

(AP) - Brent Musburger, the play-by-play man for some of college football's biggest games, told a group of college journalism students that professional athletes under a doctor's supervision could potentially use steroids to improve performance.

04 October 2010

It's that time again. The MLB Posteason has returned. We are getting closer and closer by the day to crowning a World Series champion. But to hoist the trophy you have to make it through the Divisional Series, which start Wednesday at 1:37 on TBS. So who will survive the Divisional Series and step closer to the World Series?

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Steven Jackson was a question mark until the first snap.

There was no way he was going to miss this one for the St. Louis Rams. So, he went out and showed the Seattle Seahawks he could play hurt and still make a big impact.

"I knew I wouldn't be 100 percent, but I knew I had enough to give," said Jackson, who blocked out a strained groin Sunday. "I feel like the team is going in the right direction and I wanted to be a part of it."

The two-time Pro Bowler had 126 yards rushing and receiving, complementing another strong game by No. 1 pick Sam Bradford and a stout defense in a 20-3 victory Sunday that gave the Rams consecutive wins for the first time in two seasons.

Nobody wants there to be an lockout of the 2011 NFL Season but it seems highly likely that it will happen. Can it be prevented? And how would it be prevented? FOX NFL Sunday's Jimmy Johnson tackles the issue in this weeks' edition of Fired Up!